Improvement in car-couplings



1. IABOBSON.

Bar-Coupling.

Patented June 22,1875.

i z I M INVENTOR v W|TNESSES fi f Q s. M 4w Attorneys THE GRAPHICC0.PHOTOrl.'ITR.398 4-1 PARK PLACLNK UNITED STATES JACOB JACOBSON, OFST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAR-COUPLINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,841 I. dated June22, 1875; application filed November 21, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACOB JACOBSUN, of St.Joseph, in the county of Berrien and in the State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Car Coupling and dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawingsand to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspecification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a carcoupling, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. In orderto enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains tomake and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its constructionand operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective View, and Fig. 2 a side view, of my invention.

A represents a draw-bar for railroad-cars, provided at its front end, ontop, with a rounded enlargement, B, which I term a ring-catcher. Therear end of this ringcatcher is hollowed out, forming a groove, a, andprojecting lip Z1. A suitable distance in rear of the ring-catcher B thedraw-bar is formed with a shoulder, .0, as shown. D represents a ringused for coupling the cars. Behind the catcher, and immediately in frontof the shoulder G, is a curved recess, (1, in which the ring D issteadied when standing uprightly.

\Vhen the cars are ready for coupling the ring D stands uprightlyagainst the body of the car, and as the cars are brought together thejar causes the ring to fall over the ring catcher B, under the lip 1),into the groove a, where it lies so closely that it prevents a greatdeal of the jerking and jolting of the cars when running under thecommon carcoupler. The use of the ring D prevents a large outlayincidental to the coupler now in use, inasmuch as it saves the loss ofpins. The shoulder O is rounded, as well as the top of the ring-catcher,to facilitate the falling of the ring int-o its bed. The shoulderprevents the ring from being pushed too far back. When not in use thering hangs between the ringcatcher and the shoulder, to be out of theway. It the train should leave the track and front car ditches, the ringwill uncouple from the rest of the train, and, consequently, not haulthe rest of the train with it.

I am aware that a car coupling made of a solid piece of metal with arecess in its top, and having a hook formed in front and rear of saidrecess for the link to lie, is not new.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent ist The combination of the draw-barA, having recess (1, ring-catcher B, groove a, lip 12, and the shoulderG, with the ring D, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this9th day of November, 1874.

JACOB JACOBSON.

Witnesses:

M. R. LYON, W. D. GiLsoN.

PATENT OFFICE

